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Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Saturday said that the central government has made a "u-turn" on the black money issue which was "shocking" and vowed to oppose it both inside and outside Parliament.
"Trinammol Congress slammed BJP's U-turn on black money (issue). (It is) shocking. Legalistic arguments about black money...

New Delhi: Accusing the NDA government of misleading the public on the issue of black money, Congress on Saturday rejected Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's charge that a treaty signed with Germany by the Congress government in 1995 has kept its hands tied on the issue.
Countering the accusation, AICC Communication...

Cairns: Extending full support to the automatic exchange of tax and banking information, India on Monday said that it will help in unearthing blackmoney stashed abroad and bringing it back.
Intervening at the meeting of G20 Finance Ministers, Minister of State for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman said 46 countries, including India, have...

New Delhi: A sessions court has directed a trial court to decide afresh a maintenance case in which it had awarded Rs 1,600 per month to a woman in a domestic violence case, saying the order was passed on the basis of "presumption of the income" of the husband.
Additional Sessions...

South African athlete Oscar Pistorious girlfriend's murder trail will come to an end on Thursday. The judge is expected to deliver her verdict on the case. If Oscar is found guilty of the charge of premeditated murder, he could be jailed for 25 years.
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New Delhi: Seeking to expedite information sharing from the European nation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the government will write to Switzerland seeking details of Indians having unaccounted money in Swiss banks.
The Minister's remark comes a day after a Swiss government official told PTI that names of...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday extended till June 16 its order staying the trial in a disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa by a Bangalore court.
"Interim order to continue till next date of hearing. List the matter for final hearing on June 16,"...

Bellary: As Karnataka goes to polls this week, CNN-IBN takes a look at Bellary, better known as the mining republic of India. It's in the news mostly for all the wrong reasons like the illegal mining mafia. This time around, the BJP's lone face in the area, B Sriramulu, is...

Electorate of Raipur Lok Sabha seat will be able to verify their votes with a new system attached to Electronic Voting Machines during the upcoming polls, an EC official said in Raipur on Monday.
For the first time, a Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) system will be used in Chhattisgarh...

Embattled former Pakistani dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf's legal team on Friday filed a petition seeking exemption for his personal appearance before the special court conducting his treason trial.
A three-member bench, headed by Justice Faisal Arab of the Sindh High Court, had summoned 70-year-old Musharraf on Friday for him to be...

Around 900 electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in the election to the 40-member Mizoram Assembly held on November 25 last year, will not be sent to Arunachal Pradesh as planned, state election department officials on Thursday said.
The officials said the EVMs, proposed to be used in the coming Lok Sabha...

Around 900 electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in the election to the 40-member Mizoram Assembly held on November 25 last year, will not be sent to Arunachal Pradesh as planned, state election department officials on Thursday said.
The officials said the EVMs, proposed to be used in the coming Lok Sabha...

The hearing in the high-profile treason case against former Pakistani military dictator Pervez Musharraf was postponed on Tuesday till Wednesday after the judges failed to turn up due to a boycott called by lawyers over the brazen terror attack on a local court in Islamabad.
After a rare gun and bomb...

I love reading thrillers and in my opinion, the best way to enjoy a thriller is to finish the book in one go and if you are able to finish a thriller in one go, then it is definitely a good book. And that's what happened with The Steradian Trail...

A special court conducting the treason trial of Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday reserved its ruling over the application of criminal laws in the case, even as media reports said the embattled former Pakistani dictator might leave the country within days.
Justice Faisal Arabled bench adjourned the hearing in the high treason...

On The Kabab Trail by restauranteur and foodie Manish Gujaral has won the Gourmand Cook Books Award for the best foreign cuisine cookbook in India and is now in line for an international award.
On The Kebab Trail will now compete for the international title of the best cook book in...

New Delhi: Japanese car major Nissan today said it will sell cars online in India and make its entire product line up available for purchase via internet.
"Customers will be able to book their cars by making payments through an online gateway by credit card. The car will then be...

On December 4, voters in the New Delhi assembly constituency will get to see, only briefly, paper slip with the serial number, name and symbol of the candidate they vote for.
The Election Commission on Sunday announced the Voters Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) will be introduced for the first time...

A 24yearold IndianAmerican man has been charged in the killing of a 23yearold Georgetown University law student who was his high school friend, according to media reports.
Rahul Gupta, 24, is being held on $2 million bond after a night of drinking and birthday celebrating ended in a bloody stabbing of...

The Election Commission on Friday told the Supreme Court that it was in principle ready to introduce voting machines which give a printed record to voters once they exercise their franchise.
The election panel said it had placed an order for 20,000 machines with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) facility...

New Delhi: Police on Tuesday made recoveries from Rajasthan Royals player Sreesanth's friend's house in Jaipur, sources said. Sreesanth, who has been accused of spotfixing at least three matches of Indian Premier League's sixth edition, took the police team to Jaipur and led them to the recoveries, they added.
Police recovered...

A car driven by an elderly man who may have lost consciousness plowed through a smalltown parade of hiking enthusiasts in southwestern Virginia on Saturday, injuring dozens of people, nine seriously enough to be sent to hospitals, authorities said.
The incident occurred in the Appalachian town of Damascus at the start...

New Delhi: Days after a CNNIBN and FirstPost.com investigation found that ganglord Dawood Ibrahim's cash was washing up in the offshore banking haven of Nassau in The Bahamas in a Bank of Baroda branch, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has approached the channel seeking details into the...

New Delhi: A day after a CNNIBN and FirstPost investigation found that ganglord Dawood Ibrahim's cash was washing up in the offshore banking haven of Nassau in The Bahamas in a Bank of Baroda branch, the government on Saturday assured stern action if any tax laws have been violated.
Finance Minister...

New Delhi: The Nassau branch of Bank of Baroda in Bahamas has denied any involvement in the alleged transfer of Dawood Ibrahim's funds. The bank's statement came a day after a CNNIBN and FirstPost investigation found that Dawood's cash was washing up in the offshore banking haven of Nassau in...

A CNNIBN and FirstPost investigation has found that ganglord Dawood Ibrahim's cash is washing up in the offshore banking haven of Nassau in The Bahamas a beach paradise also known for its zerotaxes and highsecrecy banking in an Indian bank.
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New Delhi: Twenty years ago, his smuggling operations paid for the bombs which killed 257 people in Mumbai. Now, a CNNIBN and FirstPost investigation has found that ganglord Dawood Ibrahim's cash is washing up in the offshore banking haven of Nassau in The Bahamas a beach paradise also known...

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday deferred a decision on a deal to buy 197 lightutility helicopters pending completion of an investigation into kickback allegations, the latest setback to efforts to upgrade the country's ageing arsenal.
Meanwhile, the Army has asked the government to probe charges that a Brigadier had...